and our thanks to david wright. >>> we'll be right back.irst, here's jimmy kimmel, with what's coming up. >> jimmy: thanks, terry. on the show tonight, dr. phil, nick jonas, demetri martin, and iranian turtles in space. stay up, let's h

david wright reports from port-au-prince. >> reporter: they arrived at the courthouse this afternoon,ling, crammed into two police vehicles. in the back of one, their backpacks and other personal effects. >> you have your bags. do you think you're going home? >> reporter: we expect we will be released today, mouthed the group's leader, laura silsby. one by one, police escorted them in. the missionaries unrepentant. >> we expect that god's will be done and we will be released. and we are looking to what god is going to do. >> reporter: the courthouse grounds serve as a tent camp. people made homeless by the quake. their plight was just part of the backdrop. these people are american, says this man. the whole world just wants to know what will happen to the americans. when the missionaries emerged hours later, some were still smiling, even after receiving the bad news. the police vehicles sped off with cameras in hot pursuit. they'd expected to be headed out of the country. in fact, their lawyer in the dominican republic had even chartered them a plane to take them out. but for now, the

david wright, abc new, port-au-prince. >>> and up next we turn to a new warninged warning today on terrorism. head of cia told congress the attempted attack on u.s. in the next three to six months are, quote, certain, but they do not know when and wear. also we learned. the nie year yan charged with he heading to blow up the plane on christmas day is being interrogated and sharing useful information about al qaeda leaders in yemen. still ahead on "world news," just don't do it. new findings about what may keep young teens from having sex. and lights, cameras, oscars what is everyone talking about today's nominations? the exes going head to head? (announcer) chug that coffee, bolt that burrito. no matter what life throws at you, you can take the heat. until it turns into... heartburn. good thing you've got what it takes to beat that heat, too. zantac. it's strong, just one pill can knock out the burn. it's fast, the speed you need for heartburn relief. and it lasts, up to 12 hours. so let them turn up the heat. you can stop that heartburn cold: (sssssssss!!!) zantac. fancy feast created a way

conviction on all those charges could mean 24 years in prison, and david wright was at the court for this first round. david? >> reporter: good evening, diane. these charges came as a shock to these missionaries. their bags were packed, they were expecting to leave haiti today. but tonight, all ten of the americans are back here in prison, behind bars. they arrived at the courthouse this afternoon, smiling, crammed into two police vehicles. in the back one, their backpacks and other personal effects. you have your bags. do you think you are going home? "we expect we will be released today," mouthed the groups leader, laura silsby. one by one, police escorted them in. the missionaries unrepentant. >> we expect that god's will be done and we will be released. and we are looking to what god is going to do. >> reporter: the courthouse grounds serve as a tent camp. people made homeless by the quake. today, their plight was just part of the backdrop. "these people are american," says this man. "the whole world just wants to know what will happen to the americans." when the missionaries emer

david wright reports from port-au-prince. >> reporter: days before the border guards took custody of the 33 tired and frightened children, people told the baptist missionaries what they were doing was wrong. the night before the americans drove here from the dominican republic, they told a journalist about their plan. >> i did warn them that i thought people would -- might regard them as traffickers, yes. >> what did they say? >> they knew that. they said, oh, they say that, we're not traffickers, we're here to do the lord's work. >> reporter: inside haiti, others raise doubts too. last week the missionaries approached several orphanages in port-au-prince, offering to put children on a bus to their sanctuary in the dominican repub >> there was a lady that was looking for 100 orphans. >> reporter: hal runs the h.i.s. home for children. something didn't seem right. the missionaries had not done any of the appropriate paperwork. >> we're very cautious about anything that could even appear like trafficking. child trafficking. and it just smelled like child trafficking to me. >> reporter:

david wright, abc news, port-au-prince. >>> the general in charge of u.s.s still serious but no longer on a downward spiral. while he's not ready to say they've turned the corner, general stanley mcchrystal says real progress will be made this year. it's a marked change in the general's assessment. last summer he said security could go downhill quickly. >>> newly installed senator scott brown says he's hitting the ground running. the massachusetts republican was sworn in last evening by vice president biden. he insists he will be an independent voice claiming he's already told party leaders they won't always be able to count on his vote. >>> tea party activists like the ones who helped scott brown get elected are gearing up for day two of their first-ever convention. they've descended on nashville, tennessee, in droves and they're eagerly awaiting tomorrow night's keynote address. john berman is there. >> reporter: so, welcome to the first-ever national tea party convention. i'm here in nashville, tennessee, where about 600 delegates are gathering from acro

our david wright is in port-au-prince this morning, live, and has the latest for us. orning, david. >> reporter: good morning, robin. these ten americans may now have to settle in for what could be a protracted, legal fight, in an unfamiliar country, with a legal system completely different from our own. peaother words, it may not be they strode into court, full of confidence. their faith intact. >> we expect that god's will be done. we'll be released. looking forward to what god is going to do. >> reporter: but they were not released. and they left with no comment at all. ten americans, now charged with d ki andy. chased by the cameras all the way back to the jailhouse. >> do you have anything to say? >> reporter: their own saga, now all-but eclipsing the plight of the people they supposedly came here to help. the group's leader says they didn't know they were breaking the law, when they tried to take 33 kids across the dominican border. but the directors of many orphanages told them. so did a dominican official they asked for help. >> don't try to cross the border wi

our david wright is following developments from port-au-prince. good morning, david. >> reporter: good morning, juju. nothing certain yet. it's important to underscore. but at least a glimmer of hope, after five days in that haitian jail, indications that their ordeal may soon be over. last night, the lawyer for the detained americans told us their fate could be decided as early as this morning. >> i got information from a haitian government official that they will be released today. >> we're meeting with the government officials and talking with them. everything's going very well. >> reporter: their fifth day in a haitian jail, the missionaries take refuge in their faith. even other religious missionaries here have their doubts whether they were truly do the lord's work. >> there was a lady looking for 100 orphans. >> reporter: when they whisked these orphans off to the dominican republic, this director and others said no. >> it smelled like child trafficking to me. >> reporter: perhaps that's why 21 of the 33 children, came from here, a poor moun